Stern Pinball Arcade Reviews – Page 3
3/5 rating based on 103 reviews. Read all reviews for Stern Pinball Arcade for iPhone.
Stern Pinball Arcade is free iOS app published by FarSight Studios
The physics are good
Bruce1975author
Farsight has always been my go-to for pinball on touch screen. I bought all of the Williams and Bally tables before Zen pushed out their app, and I think that those that have both, will say that the Farsight has better Williams and Bally play. That said... I’m just going to say that I have an iPhone 8+s, and there’s no back glass on any of the tables on the Stern app. So, Farsight, if you want to recover well, let’s fix this. Okay, thank you.
No sound
Brent7955
Currently none of my tables have any game sound other than the ball knocking around. No music no voices.
Constant buggy releases - most recent version lags horribly
Coasterbuf
In theory, this would be a great app. In practice it is a horrible bug ridden mess. Their “fixes” to things break other things. It is never right. Case in point, the AC/DC table. The lower playfield didn’t even work. They fixed that, but now the sound and score display no longer work at all. The Star Trek table is also now sluggish when previously it worked fine. It’s like they don’t even playtest their product updates when they roll them out. Ever.
Want More Games
therealgfury
I love the tables it already comes with when you first purchase the app. I really think STERN should bring back Family Guy and the tables they have in and out of the market; but other than that, no complaints.
Starting to get laggy
zacharybishop77
iPad A1475 (discontinued 2y ago) is starting to lag on the Phantom table. Please keep testing on older iPads! People make them last longer than iPhones.
v1.1.8 - Can’t access in-app purchases
Ssoltero
For reasons unknown, access to all in-app purchases has been removed. All the free tables are available but there is no place to purchase tables. I can see a button to restore purchases in the options menu, but that is the only place in the app where purchases are even mentioned. I’d also like to share my grievance where many of these tables were ripped from a perfectly functional app and placed into a new app with completely sub-par shell that uses the exact same engine. Some of which I paid for previously and will likely end up now paying for again. (Something I believe the owners of these pinball IPs were counting on.) :( That said; hey FarSight, why are the features in this app so utterly lacking compared to TPA? Gameplay - Great physics and good table recreations. I love the gameplay. Observations: - In the main shell, there are two tables in a banner labeled “Free Tables”. Beneath this is a scrollable list of 11 free tables, which include the same two free tables from the banner. When scrolling through the list of 11 tables, you are presented with duplicate links to the two tables shown in the banner above. Just seems like a waste space to show two instances of the same tables. - No local multiplayer? - Only 3 gameplay cameras?
Totally awesome app
Bruceo222
But when you pay the most you have ever paid for an app and it isn't buggy it is annoying. Right now on 2 of my new iPads with ios12 acdc and Star trek audio only has bumper sounds. No music or any other critical sounds and the led board doesn't work among other things. Some of the other crappier tables seem fine. This is happening on my Pinball arcade app as well...
All tables free.. no sound in Star Trek?
favabeanzzz
For some reason, all the tables show as free for me. Also, when I play Star Trek, the only sound effects are the ball hitting things and the flippers. I assume the machine is supposed to have music, voices, etc? Not gonna complain though if they’re all free ?
Great idea, desperately needs QA
Mmekvich
It's a great app in that it's a wonderful replica of real tables. There are opportunities to try it a table before purchasing it, and has a good model of feeling like purchasing a full table is worth it. But it's filled with so many game-breaking bugs. Everything from randomly induced game ending glitches to tables not even starting up right. Currently, Star Trek is nearly unplayable as there are no table sounds other than the mechanical SFX, and the DMD only displays box outlines without any animations or gameplay variables. The issue persists through fresh installations of the app and through device reboots. For context, the device is an iPhone 8 running iOS 12.0 . I wish the devs the best of luck in figuring out the bug, and I look forward to being able to play again!